Early Adulthood Review
• Ch. 13 – Physical & Cognitive Development
• Ch. 14 – Social & Emotional Development
Middle Adulthood Preview
• Ch. 15 – Physical & Cognitive Development
• Ch. 16 – Social & Emotional Development
Physical Development in Early
Adulthood -- Review
T/F In most healthy individuals in early adulthood, senescence
leads to noticeable declines in physical functioning.
Physical Development in Early
Adulthood -- Review
Physical Development in Early
Adulthood -- Review
Over the period of early and middle adulthood, the basal
metabolic rate (BMR) gradually [increases/decreases].
T/F Treating an individual who is overweight is a simple process
of having them consume less calories.
Sex
T/F Compared to earlier generations,
contemporary adults display a wider range of sexual
choices and lifestyles.
T/F Sexual partners tend to be alike in age,
education, ethnicity, and religion.
Why are people in committed relationships likely to
be more sexually active and satisfied than those
who are dating several partners?
… and Drugs!
What are the two most commonly abused
substances in early adulthood?
Cognition
Expertise and Creativity
How does expertise affect information
processing?
Vocational Choice
Matching
11-16 years
Preferences are guided by
familiarity, glamour, and
excitement
Fantasy period
Late teens and early 20s Involves exploration and
crystallization
Tentative period
Early and middle
childhood
Realistic period
Careers are considered in terms
of interests, abilities and values
Vocational development
a. often peaks after marriage.
b. requires a college education.
c. is largely completed by age 25.
d. is a lifelong process.
The College Experience
Colleges _____________ have increased rates of
dropout.
a. With less selective admission requirements.
b. With highly selective admission requirements.
c. With a large number of online courses.
d. That require freshman to live on campus.
T/F Most students who drop out of college do so
due to academic difficulties.
Emerging Adulthood and Erikson
What is the primary conflict of early adulthood
according to Erikson? How does this relate to
earlier conflicts?
Other Psychosocial Theories
• Basics of Levinson:
– What is an era?
– What are life structures?
– What are transitions?
• Indicate whether the following
are more typical of men’s (M) or
women’s (W) life dreams during
the early adult transition.
– Emphasize an independent
achiever in an occupational role
– Display “split dreams” involving
both marriage and career
– Define the self in terms of
relationships with spouse, children,
and colleagues
– Are usually more individualistic
Other Psychosocial Theories
• Using Valliant’s theory, to which decade does
each of the following best apply?
– Focus on career consolidation
– Become more spiritual and reflective
– Focus on intimacy concerns
– Pull back from individual achievement and
become more generative
– Become guardians of their culture, concerned
with values and society
Love
Match each component of Sternberg’s triangular theory of love with its description.
_____ Desire for sexual activity and romance;
the physical- and psychological- arousal component
_____ Involves warm communication, concern for the other,
A. Intimacy
B. Passion
C. Commitment
and a desire for the partner to reciprocate;
the emotional component
_____ Leads partners to decide that they are in love and to
maintain that love; the cognitive component
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What is the difference between passionate love and companionate love?
… and Marriage
Describe the family life cycle.
Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive
Development in Middle Adulthood
Physical Development
• Physical changes: vision, hearing, skin, muscle-fat makeup,
skeleton, reproductive system
• Health & Fitness: sexuality, illness and disability, exercise
• Adapting to the physical challenges of midlife: stress,
exercise, an optimistic outlook, gender and aging
Cognitive Development
• Changes in mental ability: crystallized and fluid intelligence
• Information processing
• Adult learners
Ch. 16:Social and Emotional
Development in Middle Adulthood
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Erikson’s Theory: Generativity vs. Stagnation
Other Psychosocial: Levinson and Valliant
Midlife crisis
Self-concept and personality
Relationship at midlife
Vocational life
Quiz 15
1.
How do the primary causes of death in middle adulthood compare
with those in early adulthood?
2. The midlife transition in which fertility declines, or
_______________________, refers to changes experienced by
(women/men/both sexes).
3. __________ intelligence depends on basic information-processing
abilities, whereas ____________ intelligence relies on
accumulated knowledge and experience, good judgment, and
mastery of social conventions.
4. True or False: Knowledge and experience help older adults
compensate for declines in processing speed.
Quiz 16
1.
At 43, Darryl is a successful lawyer who gets satisfaction from guiding young
lawyers starting out in the firm, coaching his daughter’s basketball team, and
being camp leader for his son’s Boy Scout troop. According to Erikson, Darryl has
developed a sense of
a.
b.
integrity.
autonomy.
c.
d.
intimacy.
generativity.
2.
True or False: Turning points in midlife are often negative, resembling midlife
crises.
3.
___________________________ are future-oriented representations of what
one hopes to become and what one is afraid of becoming.
4.
Why are today’s middle-aged adults called the sandwich generation?